Groves Family Cemetery
Richwood Township
Section 15, Township 39 North, Range 12 West
Miller County, MO.
From Iberia’s junction of
42 and 17, take Hwy 42 for 3.3 miles east to Brays Church Road on the
right. Turn right and go 1.6 miles to a
long lane leading to the left, crossing a cattle guard. This is private property now owned by Kevin
and Heather Carmack
Follow this lane .4 miles
to the cemetery. The cemetery is at the
top of this drive and the lone stone is by his dog pen. They now have a new home built to the left
of this and slightly up the hill. You
need to ask permission to go to this cemetery for it is on private property.
This cemetery is no longer in use.
Personally inventoried by Dianna (Hale) Mattingly, Glenda (May) Crawford & Vera (Clark) Strutton
May 2001
Re-inventoried March 7, 2016 - Dianna Hale Mattingly to get pictures. The headstone is mostly gone, but part of it is still legible.
For any information or corrections please contact me at: deestarr47@gmail.com
Groves, Elijah Ship (Civil War - Veteran)
15 Oct. 1829 – 25 Dec. 1890
Co, F. Osage Co – MO Home Guards
h/o Martha Emeline (Breeding)
He has a replacement stone in the Union Cemetery, but this is his original burial
site...Union Cemetery FAG # is 19059330
Last update: 2022
© 2001 by Dianna Hale-Mattingly